Tess of the D'Urbevilles Anaylsis
AREA OF STUDY FORMAL DISCUSSION
Katy Faure
Focus Questions:
1) What words do you associate with the concept of relationships?
Nature- Tess is considered the Pagan goddess of the earth, if there is any exceedingly strong relationship throughout the novel it is to do with Tess and the nature surrounding her.
“ Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around. Above them rose the primaeval yews and oaks of The Chase, in which were poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and around them the hopping rabbits and hares.”
Religion- though Tess herself does not necessarily have a strong affiliation to God, Hardy draws massive similarities between her and Milton’s Eve. Biblical allusion is riddled through the novel, seemingly where you have Tess and Angel as Eve and Adam, the other side of the spectrum is Alec, Milton’s Satan. The scenery also reflects sometimes the Garden of Eden.
Lover- this is a word that I automatically associate with relationship, in the case of Tess it’s more difficult, because she has Angel Clare as a loss and a lover, and Alec who took the notion of the first love from her.
“They met continually; they could not help it. They met daily in that strange and solemn interval, the twilight of the morning, in the violet or pink dawn; for it was necessary to rise early, so very early, here. Milking was done betimes; and before the milking came the skimming, which began at a little past three. It usually fell to the lot of some one or other of them to wake the rest, the first being aroused by an alarm-clock; and, as Tess was the latest arrival, and they soon discovered that she could be depended upon not to sleep though the alarm as others did, this task was thrust most frequently upon her. No sooner had the hour of three struck and whizzed, than she left her room and ran to the dairyman's door; then up the ladder to Angel's, calling him in a loud whisper; then woke her fellow-milkmaids. By the time that Tess was dressed
Katy Faure
Focus Questions:
1) What words do you associate with the concept of relationships?
Nature- Tess is considered the Pagan goddess of the earth, if there is any exceedingly strong relationship throughout the novel it is to do with Tess and the nature surrounding her.
“ Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around. Above them rose the primaeval yews and oaks of The Chase, in which were poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and around them the hopping rabbits and hares.”
Religion- though Tess herself does not necessarily have a strong affiliation to God, Hardy draws massive similarities between her and Milton’s Eve. Biblical allusion is riddled through the novel, seemingly where you have Tess and Angel as Eve and Adam, the other side of the spectrum is Alec, Milton’s Satan. The scenery also reflects sometimes the Garden of Eden.
Lover- this is a word that I automatically associate with relationship, in the case of Tess it’s more difficult, because she has Angel Clare as a loss and a lover, and Alec who took the notion of the first love from her.
“They met continually; they could not help it. They met daily in that strange and solemn interval, the twilight of the morning, in the violet or pink dawn; for it was necessary to rise early, so very early, here. Milking was done betimes; and before the milking came the skimming, which began at a little past three. It usually fell to the lot of some one or other of them to wake the rest, the first being aroused by an alarm-clock; and, as Tess was the latest arrival, and they soon discovered that she could be depended upon not to sleep though the alarm as others did, this task was thrust most frequently upon her. No sooner had the hour of three struck and whizzed, than she left her room and ran to the dairyman's door; then up the ladder to Angel's, calling him in a loud whisper; then woke her fellow-milkmaids. By the time that Tess was dressed